Nanjing
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nanjing CBD from City Wall: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nanjing is a city in China, in Jiangsu. About 9.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 15th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 32.06° N, 118.78° E, about 22 m (72 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Nanjing. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nanjing has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -3°C (27°F). Around 1,198 mm (47 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ChinaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Yangzhou · 72 km
- Wuhu · 85 km
- Changzhou · 115 km
- Taizhou · 117 km
- Yixing · 125 km
- Jiangyin · 141 km
- Hefei · 143 km
- Wuxi · 152 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1799962 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q16666 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nanjing CBD from City Wall: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Zifeng Tower 2017: Haha169, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- PurpleMountain01: Farm, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nanjing Museum1: Tevatron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- XuanWuLake all: Farm, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 德基外观修正: Celtics2020, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nanjing WuchaoGate1: Tevatron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 南京河西金鹰大楼: 西安兵马俑, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
